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Spanish company fined €750,000 over luxury car raffle
Spain’s Consumer Ministry has fined EBR Management SLU €750,000 for running a raffle without the required authorization under Spain’s gambling law.
The company is linked to Spanish YouTuber David Cánovas, known as TheGrefg, who lives in Andorra, and the car was his.
The raffle ran online from December 24, 2024, to January 6, 2025, and people in Spain could take part.
Each €1 purchase of a digital wallpaper gave buyers one entry to win the luxury car.
The company sold 376,850 wallpapers, and the car was valued at more than €75,000 at the time.
Authorities treated the raffle as a very serious violation because the company had not applied for the required authorization.
The company appealed, but the ministry rejected the appeal and did not reduce the fine.
Spain’s Consumer Ministry fined EBR Management SLU €750,000 for running a luxury-car raffle without the required authorization.
The raffle was available from 24 December 2024 to 6 January 2025 and could be entered from Spanish IP addresses.
Participants bought a digital wallpaper for €1, which gave them one entry to win a car linked to YouTuber TheGrefg.
The company recorded 376,850 wallpaper purchases.
The ministry rejected the company’s appeal and did not approve a reduction in the fine.
- Who
- EBR Management SLU, a company linked to YouTuber David Cánovas, known as TheGrefg.
- What
- It was fined €750,000 for running a luxury-car raffle without the required authorization.
- When
- The raffle ran from 24 December 2024 to 6 January 2025. The fine was reported on 9 October 2026.
- Where
- The raffle was offered on the company’s website and could be entered from Spanish IP addresses.
- Why
- The company did not obtain the authorization required under Spain’s gambling law.
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The raffle was available through the company’s website.
Spain’s Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling opened sanction proceedings, considering the conduct a very serious infringement.
The Consumer Ministry’s resolution imposing a €750,000 fine was reported.
The ministry rejected the company’s appeal and did not accept a reduction in the penalty.
- Fine
- €750,000
- Company
- EBR Management SLU
- Raffle period
- 24 December 2024–6 January 2025
- Entry price
- €1 per digital wallpaper
- Purchases
- 376,850 wallpapers
- Car value
- More than €75,000 at the time, according to the ministry’s account of the raffle
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